In addition to the US Federal Government and the 50 state governments, there are county, city and town governments in every state. So the total number of governments in the US can be counted in the thousands.
There are so many problems that existed in most state governments. Most of the problems were related to administration which lack integrity.
The national governments of many countries (US, Canada, Australia, Germany etc...) are called "federal" due to those countries being federations. A federation is a country composed many states that have federated, meaning they have given some portion of their authority (sovereignty) to a central (federal) government in order to better achieve common goals. The term is used to contrast with the governments of the individual states.AnswerThe "Federal Government" refers specifically to the national government, being exclusive of State and Local administrations. State and local governments are often referred to as one thing (think of college classes; one for US Government meaning Federal and another class for State and local government)The U.S. Constitution establishes a government based on "federalism," or the sharing of power between the national, and state and local governments. Our power-sharing form of government is the opposite of "centralized" governments, such as those in England and France, under which national government maintains total power.While each of the 50 states has its own constitution, all provisions of state constitutions must comply with the U.S. Constitution. For example, a state constitution cannot deny accused criminals the right to a trial by jury, as assured by the U.S. Constitution's 6th Amendment.
The state governments have many of the same rights as the federal government of the United States. The states have the right to elect officials to run the state. The only right that a state government does not have is to allow new states into the Union.
Most power remained with the state governments.
The 1997 Census of Government says it best... "There were 87,504 governmental units in the United States as of June 1997. In addition to the Federal Government and the 50 state governments, there were 87,453 units of local government. Of these, 39,044 are general purpose local governments - 3,043 county governments and 36,001 subcounty general purpose governments, including 13,726 school distict governments and 34,683 special district governments."
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It is usually their Education departments or their Health and Human services Departments. You can look up the numbers of each on the web. Each city, state, and also the federal government have their own web sites.
State government can provide the people with many services. State governments have control over all local governments within their boundaries, districts, cities, towns, townships, and counties.
50 states = 50 state goverments. There are, however, local governments in DC, Puerto Rico, etc (US territories that aren't 'states').
There are none on a state level however many local governments do have breed specific laws.
There are tons of different local government that can be found. The local governments include city, village, town and county governments.
State government can provide the people with many services. State governments have control over all local governments within their boundaries, districts, cities, towns, townships, and counties.
Value added taxes
Dillon's Rule, proposed by John Forrest Dillon, asserts that municipalities are subordinate to state and federal governments. It contends that municipalities only exist with the help of, and with the "permission" of state and federal governments. Many U.S. court decisions have been made using the ideas of Dillon's Rule.
the relationship between the federal government and state governments is specifically laid out in the constitution
The US has 50 states and therefore there are 50 state governments in the US. In addition associated territories such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam are not states and do not have state governments, but do have governments that in many respects function like state governments.